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FizzyWater · 03-24-2013, 11:57 PM

I talked to my mom for the first time today since Christmas (yes, I'm a bad, bad daughter). I asked her if she was still enjoying the Kindle my brother gave her. She said she couldn't get books from "that site I go to" anymore.

After a few questions, I finally realized that I'd shown her how to get library books, and when Overdrive switched to the "next generation" crap on the CLEVNET site, should couldn't figure out how to get her Kindle books any more!

I walked her through it best I could (I don't Kindle), but it brought home to me that it's not just us early adopters who are fairly tech savvy who dislike the redesign.

(I also had to show her that the Penguin books weren't available via the Amazon website and wi-fi any more. Apparently, he favorite authors don't write for Penguin, since that old chestnut hadn't affected her ability to download books yet).

03-24-2013, 11:57 PM	#695
FizzyWater You kids get off my lawn! Posts: 4,220 Karma: 73492664 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Columbus, Ohio Device: Oasis 2 and Libra H2O and half a dozen older models I can't let go of	I talked to my mom for the first time today since Christmas (yes, I'm a bad, bad daughter). I asked her if she was still enjoying the Kindle my brother gave her. She said she couldn't get books from "that site I go to" anymore. After a few questions, I finally realized that I'd shown her how to get library books, and when Overdrive switched to the "next generation" crap on the CLEVNET site, should couldn't figure out how to get her Kindle books any more! I walked her through it best I could (I don't Kindle), but it brought home to me that it's not just us early adopters who are fairly tech savvy who dislike the redesign. (I also had to show her that the Penguin books weren't available via the Amazon website and wi-fi any more. Apparently, he favorite authors don't write for Penguin, since that old chestnut hadn't affected her ability to download books yet).